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A virtual appliance is a minimalist virtual machine image designed to run under some sort of virtualization technology. Virtual appliances eliminate the installation, configuration and maintenance costs associated with running complex stacks of software. A virtual appliance is a fully pre-installed and pre-configured application and operating system environment whereas a virtual machine is, by itself, without application software. A virtual appliance is usually built to host a single application, and so represents a new way of deploying network applications.